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This edition neither contains the Ordinal nor a metrical version of the Psalms.

From Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

Only two of these tunes are in the common books; one of them "The Ordinal" is always reset, the other "Canon," which is usually sung to Bp.

From A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing by Bridges, Robert Seymour

The Ordinal and Articles are substantially identical with the English Ordinal and Articles, save in the matter of a reference to the Athanasian Creed and several references to the connection of Church and State.

From A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer by Huntington, William Reed

Ordinal, The.—The name given to that portion of the Prayer Book containing the Offices for the consecration of Bishops and the ordination of Priests and Deacons.

From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James

The Church of England retains the Litany in her Ordinal, for that, until latterly, was printed in a separate book, and was not to be had unless ordered expressly.

From A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer by Huntington, William Reed